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Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (Hardcover): Paul L. Swanson, Clark Chilson Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (Hardcover)
Paul L. Swanson, Clark Chilson
R1,632 R1,444 Discovery Miles 14 440 Save R188 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The ""Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions"" combines, for the first time in any language, state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions. With concrete resources, students and scholars need to conduct research on Japanese religions. Even seasoned scholars typically approach their research in an unsystematic manner, becoming familiar with a particular area of inquiry while remaining largely unaware of what exists in the rest of the field. This inefficient method hinders particularly less-experienced researchers and circumscribes their lines of inquiry. The ""Nazan Guide"" provides both beginners and specialists with a reference that will serve as a basic introduction to Japanese religions and allow them to conduct research more proficiently and in greater depth. Overlapping and thought-provoking chapters, written by leading specialists, offer a variety of perspectives on the complicated and multifaceted field of Japanese religions. The essays are divided into four sections: religious traditions (Japanese religions in general, Shinto, Buddhism, folk religion, new religions, Christianity); the history of Japanese religions (ancient, classical, medieval, early modern, modern, contemporary); major themes (symbolism, ritual and the arts, literature and scripture, state and religion, geography and environment, intellectual history, gender); and ""practical"" essays (finding references and using libraries, working with archive collections, conducting fieldwork). A chronology of religion in Japanese history is also provided.

In Search of Clarity - Essays on Translation and Tiantai Buddhism (Paperback, Annotated edition): Paul L. Swanson In Search of Clarity - Essays on Translation and Tiantai Buddhism (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Paul L. Swanson
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pruning the Boddhi Tree - The Storm Over Critical Buddhism (Hardcover): Jamie Hubbard, Paul L. Swanson Pruning the Boddhi Tree - The Storm Over Critical Buddhism (Hardcover)
Jamie Hubbard, Paul L. Swanson
R3,392 Discovery Miles 33 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pruning the Boddhi Tree - The Storm Over Critical Buddhism (Paperback, New): Jamie Hubbard, Paul L. Swanson Pruning the Boddhi Tree - The Storm Over Critical Buddhism (Paperback, New)
Jamie Hubbard, Paul L. Swanson
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What is Buddhism? According to Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro, the answer lies in neither Ch'an nor Zen; in neither the Kyoto school of philosophy nor the non-duality taught in the Vimalakirti Sutra. Hakamaya contends that "criticism alone is Buddhism." This volume introduces and analyzes the ideas of "critical Buddhism" in relation to the targets of its critique and situates those ideas in the context of current discussions of postmodern academic scholarship, the separation of the disinterested scholar and committed religious practitioner, and the place of social activism within the academy. Essays critical of the received traditions of Buddhist thought-many never before translated-are presented and then countered by the work of respected scholars, both Japanese and Western, who take contrary positions.

Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight - T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's Mo-ho chih-kuan, 3 Volume Set (Paperback): Paul L. Swanson Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight - T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's Mo-ho chih-kuan, 3 Volume Set (Paperback)
Paul L. Swanson; Commentary by Paul L. Swanson
R3,022 Discovery Miles 30 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Mo-ho chih-kuan (Great cessation-and-contemplation) by T'ien-t'ai Chih-i (538-597) is among the most influential treatises in the long history of Buddhist scholarship. It is known for its brilliant insights and its systematic and comprehensive treatment of the Buddhist tradition. Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight is the first complete, fully annotated translation of this prodigious work by one of today's foremost scholars on T'ien-t'ai (Tendai) Buddhism. The extensive annotation accompanying the translation (Volumes 1 and 2) will help readers understand the original text and implications of crucial passages and ideas, as well as the place the Mo-ho chih-kuan occupies in the development of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese Buddhism and its critical importance for figures such as Nichiren, who considered Chih-i the "great master" and quoted profusely from the text in his own writings. Volume 3 contains ample supplementary materials, including translations of related texts, a comprehensive glossary, and lists of Chinese terms and explanations of various sources.

Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (Paperback): Paul L. Swanson, Clark Chilson Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (Paperback)
Paul L. Swanson, Clark Chilson
R1,015 Discovery Miles 10 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For updates online, visit the Nanzan Guide site at Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture. The Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions combines, for the first time in any language, state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions with concrete resources students and scholars need to conduct research on Japanese religions. Even seasoned scholars typically approach their research in an unsystematic manner, becoming familiar with a particular area of inquiry while remaining largely unaware of what exists in the rest of the field. This inefficient method hinders particularly less-experienced researchers and circumscribes their lines of inquiry. The Nanzan Guide provides both beginners and specialists with a reference that will serve as a basic introduction to Japanese religions and allow them to conduct research more proficiently and in greater depth. Overlapping and thought-provoking chapters, written by leading specialists, offer a variety of perspectives on the complicated and multifaceted field of Japanese religions. The essays are divided into four sections: religious traditions (Japanese religions in general, Shinto, Buddhism, folk religion, new religions, Christianity); the history of Japanese religions (ancient, classical, medieval, early modern, modern, contemporary); major themes (symbolism, ritual and the arts, literature and scripture, state and religion, geography and environment, intellectual history, gender); and "practical" essays (finding references and using libraries, working with archive collections, conducting fieldwork). A chronology of religion in Japanese history is also provided.

The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition (Hardcover): Leo Pruden, Paul L. Swanson The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition (Hardcover)
Leo Pruden, Paul L. Swanson
R1,205 R1,094 Discovery Miles 10 940 Save R111 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Volume is a collection of two titles. The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition is a detailed account of the history and teaching of the Japanese Risshu school organized in a series of questions and answers on the precepts of morality, meditation, and wisdom. The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School introduces the doctrine and practice of this Buddhist school in the form of a catechism. It is divided into two sections, one on doctrine, and one on practice. The section on doctrine contains a discussion of the Four Teachings, the Five Flavors, the One Vehicle, the Ten Suchlikes, Twelvefold Conditioned Co-arising, and the Two Truths. The section on practice discusses the Four Samadhis and the Three Categories of Delusions.

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